What is a snapshot schedule?

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What is a snapshot schedule?

A snapshot schedule is a policy that automatically creates snapshots at defined times, ensuring regular backups without manual action. It automates when and how often you capture the state of the data, which helps maintain consistent protection and predictable recovery points. This is different from taking a snapshot manually on demand, which is ad-hoc and not planned. It’s also not about deleting old snapshots after a retention period—that describes a retention policy. And it isn’t about copying snapshots to offsite storage—that’s about where backups are stored or replicated, not when they’re created.

A snapshot schedule is a policy that automatically creates snapshots at defined times, ensuring regular backups without manual action. It automates when and how often you capture the state of the data, which helps maintain consistent protection and predictable recovery points.

This is different from taking a snapshot manually on demand, which is ad-hoc and not planned. It’s also not about deleting old snapshots after a retention period—that describes a retention policy. And it isn’t about copying snapshots to offsite storage—that’s about where backups are stored or replicated, not when they’re created.

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